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Hmm. The way I do it in photoshop (much easier with Lightroom!) is to crop to my longest edge first and along the edge I want to keep. I then go to Image/Canvas size and multiply the longest edge x 0.8 (8/10) to get the length of my shortest edge and poke that into the field for the shorter edge. Then resize if necessary. Maybe there's an easier way though

Dont know why people print to 8x10 format these days, since DSLRs shoot to a standard default 3:2 ratio meaning its a straight 8x12 inch print, 30x20 inch, 45x30 inch etc and no cropping needed when printing. I hate having to crop and lose details etc when I print for myself and clients

Dont know why people print to 8x10 format these days, since DSLRs shoot to a standard default 3:2 ratio meaning its a straight 8x12 inch print, 30x20 inch, 45x30 inch etc and no cropping needed when printing. I hate having to crop and lose details etc when I print for myself and clients

Fess, when you have worked out the sizes / ratios from the advice given here there is one other point to remember and that is to allow enough "edge" on the final print to go inside a frame or mat within a frame as many frames and mats will cover some of the print edge.

Originally Posted by JM Tran

Dont know why people print to 8x10 format these days,

8x10 frames and cropping seem to exist today due to the 4:5 ratio being a "traditional" aspect for portraits falling into line with large format camera film. The head and chest view of a subject was always considered to "look better" with a slightly wider aspect to it than the native 2:3 ratio of 35mm film ( and now digital) SLRs.

8x10 cropping on a horizontal format never seems to look quite right to me except for when cropping to frame things like birds to get them less central in a composition. The 4:5 ratio is also available as an "in camera" crop in the Nikon D3 to allow framing in that ratio.